1969: Proceedings of the 1969 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processinghttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/831
7th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1969). Edited by Dewey E. CarrollThu, 24 May 2018 19:38:13 GMT2018-05-24T19:38:13ZProgramming library applications in PL/Ihttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/846
Programming library applications in PL/I
Snell, Betty
In February 1968, Simon Fraser University Computing Centre began
extensive use of PL/I. To best explain what the library section of the
Computing Centre has done with PL/I during the intervening period, I would
like to begin by going back to 1968, explaining the problems with which we
were faced, giving a brief description of the systems we had in operation at
the time and of the systems we had planned.
Computer programming in libraries; Libraries --Automation
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8461969-01-01T00:00:00ZSnell, BettyDevelopment of the Card-Automated Reproduction And Distribution System (CARDS) at the Library Of Congresshttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/845
Development of the Card-Automated Reproduction And Distribution System (CARDS) at the Library Of Congress
Salmon, Stephen R.
Most of you probably think of the Library of Congress Card Division as
a place from which you get a lot of cards or from which you do not get a lot
of cards. In a way, these are the two reasons why the Library is now engaged
in a full-scale effort to automate the card division: there are a lot of cards
involved, and a lot of other things that is, to say, there is more than enough
volume to make automation feasible and desirable and not enough cards have
been getting to libraries quickly enough.
Libraries --Automation
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8451969-01-01T00:00:00ZSalmon, Stephen R.A librarian's view of data processinghttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/844
A librarian's view of data processing
Palmer, Foster M.
Choosing a title for this paper five months before it was to be given was
something of a problem. Knowing I had the broad field of library applications
of data processing to discuss added to the number of possibilities. "Testament,"
however, seemed too final; "confessions" seemed too lurid finally I
settled on "view." However, one's view may change, depending on the viewpoint,
and, in fact, I will offer not a single view but three. First I will discuss
the rather expansive experimental days of the MARC Project, then the problems
of getting an actual daily production job on the road, and finally, in a
different vein, I will present some ideas on possible future systems.
Libraries --Automation
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8441969-01-01T00:00:00ZPalmer, Foster M.A quantitative study of catalog usehttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/843
A quantitative study of catalog use
Lipetz, Ben-Ami
Among people who are concerned with the management of libraries, it is
now almost universally accepted that the traditional manual card catalog must
sooner or later be replaced by an on-line computerized catalog of some sort.
This is accepted almost as an article of faith; there is almost never any
questioning or disputing of its inevitability. I have no intention of questioning
or disputing its inevitability in this paper; but there are questions regarding
the computerizing of library catalogs which ought to, and indeed do, trouble
conscientious library managers. These are the crucial questions of how to
computerize and when to computerize. The work I will report on was
prompted mainly by concern with these questions.
Library catalogs and users
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8431969-01-01T00:00:00ZLipetz, Ben-AmiBell Laboratories on-line circulation control system: one year's experiencehttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/842
Bell Laboratories on-line circulation control system: one year's experience
Kennedy, Robert A.
An on-line, real-time computer circulation system has been in use by the
Technical Information Libraries of the Bell Telephone Laboratories since
March 1968. In its initial configuration the BELLREL (Bell Laboratories
Real-Time Loan) system links two terminals in each of the company's three
largest libraries at Holmdel, Murray Hill and Whippany, New Jersey to an
IBM 360-40 computer at Murray Hill. The system is designed to process loans,
returns, reservations and a range of information queries with real-time
immediacy and responsiveness; in addition, batch operations provide multiple
reports and other products necessary to the effective control and management
of library resources. Basic to the objectives and performance of the whole
system is a computer-stored record of the major publication resources of the
participating libraries.
During the first year of operation, with not all the total collection
complete on disk, BELLREL handled over 105,000 loans and 250,000 transactions
(i.e., loans, returns, reservations, and queries) in real-time. This paper
reviews the objectives and principal features of the system and describes its
performance, uses, problems and impact during the first twelve months of
daily service.
Libraries --Automation; Library circulation systems
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8421969-01-01T00:00:00ZKennedy, Robert A.The administration and organization of data processing for the Library as viewed from the Computing Centrehttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/841
The administration and organization of data processing for the Library as viewed from the Computing Centre
Dobb, T.C.
In order to give some structure to my paper, I will preface it by stating
that library administration for automation at Simon Fraser has passed through
four phases since 1965 and began a fifth on May 1, 1969. The real situation
was somewhat more dynamic and haphazard than I will suggest. Like most
institutions of comparable size, our library reacts to life rather than generating
it; although we like to pretend it is otherwise when we are on public display.
I would like to make it clear that while I will concern myself mainly
with tracing the administrative convulsions of the Simon Fraser University
Library as they related to automation and the Computing Centre, I really
believe it is more fruitful to concern oneself with right people rather than
with right structures mainly because people do things and structures do not.
Libraries --Automation
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8411969-01-01T00:00:00ZDobb, T.C.Library networks: Cataloging and bibliographic aspectshttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/840
Library networks: Cataloging and bibliographic aspects
Curran, Ann T.
In The Future of the Research Library, Verner Clapp comments on the
"two principles which have controlled the growth of libraries the principle of
local self-sufficiency and the principle of sharing the resources." 1
It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that adherence to the principle
of self-sufficiency is no longer economically feasible or rationally desirable
for libraries. Pragmatic problems of spiralling costs of labor and material,
physical problems of space, and intellectual concern over bibliographic control
of the burgeoning information explosion all play their part in contributing to
the demise of such an insular concept.
Sharing in the guise of cooperation, centralization, regionalization is
the "in" concept of the day. This concept is not new; shared resources
through interlibrary loan, centralized cataloging through LC, and regional
systems through state and other agencies have existed at varying levels for
many years. Serendipitous development of such programs, however, no longer
seems sufficient and the rapid growth of new technologies has given impetus
to the development of the more sophisticated concept of networks. The
computer, graphic display techniques, TWX hook-ups, and facsimile transmission
all portend far more encompassing cooperative ventures than heretofore
envisioned.
Libraries --Automation; Library cataloging; Bibliographic control
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8401969-01-01T00:00:00ZCurran, Ann T.The District and its libraries: Tarrant County Junior College District Fort Worth, Texashttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/839
The District and its libraries: Tarrant County Junior College District Fort Worth, Texas
Corbin, James B.
A prime objective of the automation program of the libraries of the
district is for the system to provide maximum and superior library services to
its students, faculties, and staffs with a minimum of library personnel.
In realizing this objective, some specific goals are to provide each library
with materials acquired and processed rapidly, efficiently, and inexpensively;
to provide each staff with reports and analyses of their services in order that
those services might be interpreted properly, refined, and improved; to reduce
for each staff member the burden of performing many routine and mundane
tasks in order that they devote more of their time to working with the
students and faculty; and to remove from the students, faculty, and staff as
many barriers as possible to their intelligent, rapid, and pleasant use of each
library.
The emphasis in the program is, as it should be, on the services performed
and on those persons performing the services, not on the devices or
techniques used. But the machines and machine methods are not subjugated
or de-emphasized completely, for our services are based on staff and machines.
Libraries --Automation
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8391969-01-01T00:00:00ZCorbin, James B.Criteria for design of an on-line acquisitions system at Washington State University Libraryhttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/838
Criteria for design of an on-line acquisitions system at Washington State University Library
Burgess, Thomas K.
The University Library became deeply involved in automation in 1967.
Prior to that time they had dabbled in some machine processing of acquisitions
data. The Library's decision to move more heavily into automation
resulted initially from growing faculty concern over the continued splintering
of both the collection and the location of materials on the campus. Although
there is one consolidated catalog for the campus, the serial records information
is fragmented between the three divisional libraries. The second reason
for moving towards automation was because existing services within the
Library were breaking down due to the increased volume of materials being
received by the Library. The Library's budget had been steadily expanding,
and there had been a corresponding increase in the collection of materials.
The systems operated by the Library were thus becoming saturated and increasingly
less effective. These systems included both manual systems and
semi-automated machine processing systems. It was at this point in 1967 that
the position of systems analyst was created on the Library staff, and I
assumed that position. We were installing the 360 model 67 in that year and
looking forward to time-sharing systems for the total campus environment in
the near future.
Libraries --Automation; Library aquisition systems
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8381969-01-01T00:00:00ZBurgess, Thomas K.On-line circulation control - Midwestern University Library's system using an IBM 1401 computer in a "time sharing" modehttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/837
On-line circulation control - Midwestern University Library's system using an IBM 1401 computer in a "time sharing" mode
Boyer, Calvin J.; Frost, Jack
In November 1967, an on-line automated circulation control system was
put into operation in the Moffett Library at Midwestern University. The
system is designed to charge, discharge, and list all materials in circulation, as
well as to detect overdue materials, prepare notices and compute fines. The
uniqueness of the system lies principally in the configuration of the equipment
and the programming to provide for on-line operation. (See Figures 1 and 2).
Through a program interrupt capability, an IBM 1030 Data Collection System
(IBM 1031 input station, and IBM 1033 printer) is linked with a second
generation computer (140 1-1 6K) in an on-line mode that allows other departments
on campus to use the computer when it is not in actual use by the
Library (See Appendix A).
Libraries --Automation; Library circulation systems; Shared computers
Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/8371969-01-01T00:00:00ZBoyer, Calvin J.Frost, Jack